San Antonio de los Baños is a municipality and town in the Artemisa Province of

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. It is located 26 km from the city of

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, and the Ariguanabo River runs through it. It was founded in 1802.

History

There are 39 schools in the town, employing over 600 teachers. These schools include an academy of plastic arts, a school for training art teachers, and the International School of Cinema and Television

Escuela Internacional de Cine y Televisión Escuela Internacional de Cine y TV (Spanish), abbreviated EICTV - (The International Film and TV School) - was founded on December 15, 1986, by Colombian journalist and writer Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Cuban theoreticians and filmmakers Julio Garc ...

which was established in 1986. The town's library was founded in 1975, and has a collection of more than 32,000 books. There is also the San Antonio de los Baños Municipal Museum. San Antonio de los Baños Airfield, was inaugurated on September 1942. Initially operated by transport aircraft and bombers Douglas B-26 and

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, which conducted training in the Caribbean, no aircraft that was part of Cuban aviation could land at the Military Base without prior authorization from the same authorities .

Geography

The municipality is divided into the

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s of Este Urbano, Centro urbano and Oeste urbano as well as La Ceiba, Encrucijada, Mi Rancho, San Paul, Govea, Pueblo Textil, El Palenque and La Base.

Climate

Demographics

In 2004, the municipality of San Antonio de los Baños had a population of 46,300. With a total area of , it has a population density of .

Notable people

Eduardo Abela Eduardo Abela (1889–1965) was a Cuban painter and comics artist. Born in San Antonio de los Baños, he studied at the San Alejandro Academy of Fine Arts, graduating in 1921. For the next decade he lived abroad, first in Spain and then in France ...

Blanquita Amaro Blanquita Amaro (June 30, 1923 in San Antonio de los Baños, Cuba – March 15, 2007 in Miami, United States) was a Cuban film actress of the 1940s and early 1950s who starred in the Golden Age of Argentine Cinema. She appeared in some ...

Andarín Carvajal Félix de la Caridad Carvajal y Soto, known as Andarín Carvajal (18 March 1875 – 27 January 1949) was a Cuban mailman and long-distance runner who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics. Career Carvajal was born in San Antonio de los Baños ...

* Silvio Rodríguez * Agustin Roman *

Pablo Valenzuela José Pablo Valenzuela García (2 March 1859 – 25 December 1926) was a leading Cuban cornetist, composer and bandleader. García was born in San Antonio de los Baños. After taking his first lessons in music under his father Lucas, he mov ...

Raimundo Valenzuela Raimundo Valenzuela de Leon (23 January 1848 in San Antonio de los Baños – 27 April 1905 in Havana) was a leading Cuban trombonist, composer and bandleader. Life & career Valenzuela studied music under his father, Lucas: he learnt piano ...

Mariano Vivanco Valiente Bishop Mariano Vivanco Valiente (3 April 1933 in San Antonio de los Baños, Cuba – 23 August 2004 in Matanzas, Cuba) was Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Matanzas (1987–2004). He studied humanities, philosophy and theology at El Bu ...

Adrián Zabala Adrián Zabala Rodríguez (August 26, 1916 – January 4, 2002) was a Cuban-born professional baseball pitcher. He played parts of two seasons in Major League Baseball for the New York Giants in 1945 and 1949. The , left-hander was a native of ...

Twin towns

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:San Antonio De Los Banos Cities in Cuba Populated places in Artemisa Province 1800s in Cuba Populated places established in 1802 1802 establishments in New Spain 1800s establishments in the Spanish West Indies